Joel has been our senior pastor since July 2006. Three pastoral appointments in Silk Hope, NC; Bath, ME; and Concord, NH, preceded his coming to Sudbury UMC.

As a member of the New England Conference, most of Joel’s service has been in the areas of clergy recruitment, development, and credentialing. In Maine and New Hampshire, he served as a mentor to local pastors in their first years of ministry. In New Hampshire, he was a member of the District Committee on Ordained Ministry. And for ten years, Joel served on the New England Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, leading the Board as one of its two co-chairpersons from 2000 to 2004. Since 2005, he has directed the conference’s licensing school for new local pastors.

In Sudbury, Joel serves as a trustee on the Town’s Housing Trust where he advocates for affordable housing in an area where professionals like teachers, police officers, fire fighters, and religious staffers often find housing costs prohibitive. Joel also participates regularly in the meetings and programs of Sudbury’s monthly roundtable for religious professionals.

Joel is a graduate of Gordon College in Wenham, MA, and the Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, NC. He and his spouse, Wendy, married in 1977 and have been blessed by God with two daughters, two sons-in-law, and five grandchildren.

Jordan G. Shaw is a graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, Maine, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in an individual interdisciplinary major in Sociology and Religion (2006). He received his Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in 2010 from Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine, where he concentrated in Christian/Social Ethics and pursued course work that fulfills the requirements for ordination as an Elder in the United Methodist Church.

He was a United Methodist student delegate to the 7th International Christian Youth Conference on Evangelism (2002), the National Council of Churches’ Faith and Order Commissions 50th Anniversary celebration: On Being [Becoming] Christian Together (2007), and attended, as a United Methodist , the 4th International Young Adult Conference on Palestinian Christianity: Palestinian Christians and the Challenges of Today (2009).

He is the founder of an Inter-religious and Interdisciplinary task force, whose responsibility it was to give clergy the tools to adequately respond to issues of domestic and sexual violence (2007-2009), has consulted with local clergy on the topic of domestic and sexual violence, and has previously done work with local Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence projects. Shaw is the principal editor and organizer of the Bangor Theological Seminary 2010 Baccalaureate Worship.

Additionally, he serves on the General Board of Church and Society’s Immigration Rapid Response Team, the New England Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church’s Board of Church and Society, and the Sexual Misconduct Response and Intervention Team.

Pastor Jordan Shaw
Associate Pastor

E-mail: pastorjordan@sudbury-umc.org

Please visit Jordan's blog: http://ministryinnewengland.blogspot.com/

Dr. Elizabeth L. Windsor is a professional Christian educator and consultant with 20 years experience in congregations throughout Massachusetts. Christian formation throughout the life cycle is both her profession and her passion. Most recently, she served as the Director of Family Ministries at Christ Episcopal Church, Needham, MA.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, a Master of Divinity degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, and received her Doctor of Ministry degree from EDS in May 2009. A two-time recipient of the Adelaide Teague Case Prize for Excellence in Christian Education, her doctoral thesis is entitled God’s Story, Our Story: Narrative Portals for Transformation throughout the Life Cycle. She has also taught prayerful yoga and has leads retreats featuring the integration of prayer and body movement.

Elizabeth lives with her husband, Tom, and their three boys (21, 15 and 10) in Medfield. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys counted-cross stitch, reading, scrap booking, and belly dancing.

Dr. Elizabeth Windsor
Director of Christian Education

E-mail: drelizabeth@sudbury-umc.org

Please visit Elizabeth’s blog: http://drelizabethlwindsor.blogspot.com/

Pam Gillispie

Pam Gillispie joined Sudbury UMC as it's first Adult Ministries Coordinator in June 2011. She brings 10 years of Lay Coordination experience. Pam holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, is a trained Stephen Leader and Minister, and is a trained Special Education Advocate.

She is currently working towards a Certificate in the Foundations of Aging, from Boston University, and will receive training as a Domestic Violence Counselor this fall. She is a strong supporter of the Restorative Justice process and the integration of “Circles” in the criminal justice system, school settings, and in the church.

Pam and her husband Tom have lived in Acton for 19 years. They have three children ─ a graduate school student, a college student and a high school student. Her other interests include music, home repair and decorating, gardening and flower arranging, stamp collecting and cooking.

Pam Gillispie

Adult Ministries Coordinator

E-mail: pam@sudbury-umc.org

Tyler Kirk

Tyler joined Sudbury UMC as the Youth Coordinator this year. He is a second year Master of Divinity Student at Boston University School of Theology.

As a certified candidate in the United Methodist ordination process, Tyler is thrilled to be serving in the Methodist Church now and in the future. A native of the Oklahoma Panhandle, Tyler brings a wealth of experience in working with teens and youth groups. He as been an active camp leader at Camp LEADD in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance. Tyler has led youth mission trips to Rio Bravo, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Louisiana and served as the Youth Director at Crown Heights UMC in Oklahoma City. He studied Religion and Philosophy at Oklahoma City University and the Christian Ecumenical Movement in Geneva. He is also an Ultimate Frisbee and College Football fanatic! Tyler has a supportive family in Oklahoma and a twin brother who lives and works in Argentina.

Tyler Kirk

Youth Coordinator

E-mail: tkirk@sudbury-umc.org

Shetal C. Kaye

Office Administrator

E-mail: sumc@sudbury-umc.org